Block Island, the first OWF in the USA

The first offshore wind farm in the United States, the 30-megawatt project, 5 turbine Block Island offshore wind farm is completed. The spreader beam,equipped with EXTREEMA® Heavy Lift soft slings (made with Dyneema®) manufactured by Lift-Tex® were used for transport and installation of the nacelle (wind turbines) from Alstom for GE Wind in the USA.